In 1959, she threw a party for legislators and ERA activists at DC’s Alva Belmont House to galvanize support. Mesta and suffragist leader Alice Paul stood in the receiving line together ...

Seidman says they tell the stories of women like Inez Milholland, Carrie Chapman Catt, Alva Belmont and Mabel Lee. In "Suffs," Jenn Colella plays Chapman Catt, who was president of the National ...